Mining Incidents

Peabody Energy CorporationController

MSHA Controller ID: C15833
Fatalities
18
Total incidents
7,184
Mines on record
77
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
98th

More recorded fatalities than 98% of controllers on file.

Rank
#9of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
8.9×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
18
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY2 fatalities · 88 non-fatal
  • FIRE1 fatality · 90 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS266 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON149 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK93 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE69 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
18
2025
74
2024
95
2023
102 (1f)
2022
77 (1f)
2021
58
2020
87
2019
140
2018
99 (1f)
2017
113
2016
91
2015
46

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

18 recorded
Struck by falling object

EE was working outside prep plant on disassembly of vibrating screen. Removed screen from prep plant was on ground, while foreman was checking area, sideboard of screen began to fall. EE tried to avoid injury by moving out of the way but was pinned by sideboard against smaller screen which had been removed from prep plant. EE suffered fatal injuries. Under investigation by MSHA.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Contractor suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance on ""Dutchman"" of electric shovel bucket. Fatal injuries resulted from being pinned between shovel bucket door and bucket.

Contact with hot objects or substances

The IE was hauling overburden in a Cat 793 end dump to a fill area. The front area on the end dump caught fire. The IE parked the truck on the fill and exited the end dump. The IE sustained multiple burn injuries as a result of the exit. IE passed away on 09/12/18. Ultimate cause of death is pending the coroner's report.